Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination the more you're slip slidin' away

I know a man
He came from my home town
He wore his passion for his woman like a thorny crown
He said "Dolores
I live in fear
My love for you's so overpowering I'm afraid that I will disappear"

Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away

I know a woman
Became a wife
These are the very words she uses to describe her life
She said a good day
Ain't got no rain
She said "a bad day's when I lie in bed and think of things that might have been"

Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away
God only knows
God makes his plan
The information's unavailable to the mortal man
We work in our jobs
Collect our pay
Believe we're gliding down the highway when in fact we're slip slidin' away

Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away

Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away
Mmm...